Means for supporting bowls and similar receptacles over sinks, basins, tables, or benches



April 7, 1936.

G. F. SEAWARD 2,036,506 MEANS FOR SUPPORTING BOWLS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES OVER SINKS, BASINS, TABLES, OR BENCHES Filed April 25, 1954 .2 Sheets-Sheet l April 7, 1936. SEAWARD 2,036,506

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING BOWLS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES 1 OVER SINKS, BASINS, TABLES, OR BENCHES Filed April 25, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 147 GOVE Y Patented Apr. 7, 1936 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE George Frederick seaward, Luton, England Application April 25, 1934, Serial No. 722,334 In Great Britain May 1, 1933 6 Claims.

I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 403,000, dated the 1st day of May 1933, of which the following is a specification:-

This invention relates to means for temporarily supporting a bowl over a sink, basin, table or bench.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved bowl supporting means which has both an upward swinging movement and also a horizontal swivel movement, and moreover ensures a strong and. safe support which is simple to make, compact and easy to use. A further object is to provide means by which the height of the sup-port above a sink or other article can be adjusted.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein:-- V

Figure 1 is a plan view of a ring carrier constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, illustrative of the application of the invention.

Figure 3 is a side View showing the carrier ring in raised position.

Figures 4 and 5 are views illustrative of alternative means for retaining the carrier ring in raised position.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

In carrying out the invention, and referring first to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, there is provided a ring carrier I formed by a length of rod, preferably circular in cross-section, having a bearing saddle and a fulcrum slid thereonto while in the process of bending the rod, said bearing saddle and saidfulcrum rotatably embracing cranked portions Ia and Ib of the rod, the ends of which are welded or otherwise suitably joined together to form a continuity.

The fulcrum consists of a T-piece 2 the head of which rotatably embraces the cranked portion Ia of the ring I, while the leg 3 of the said T-piece is tapped and engages the threaded stem 4 of a base plate 5 adapted to be secured by screws to the horizontal sill 6 above the sink 1. Rotation of the T-piece 2 about the stem 4 afiords the horizontal movement for the carrier ring I, and the construction also allows the distance between the head of the T-piece and the plate to be adjusted so as to alter the height of the ring above the sink.

The bearing saddle consists of a T-piece 8 the head of which is rotatable on the cranked portion II) of the ring I, while the leg 9 of the T-piece is tapped and engages the threaded stem I0 upstanding from the inverted U-shaped foot II across the mouth of which is spanned a resilient lining I2 adapted to engage the edge I3 of the sink I aforesaid, a nut I4 being provided to look the parts 9 and I0 together when the dis tance between the head of the T-piece 8 and the foot II have been adjusted the required amount for levelling the ring.

It will be noted that the two T-pieces 2 and 8 10 are held in diametrically opposite positions so that they cannot slide around the ring by reason of the fact that they are mounted on the cranked portions Ia and lb.

To accommodate a Variation of widths of bearl5 ing surface such as a sink edge, the jaws of the foot II are spaced-apart a distance which is greater than the thickness of the thickest edge given to a sink, the said foot II resting, by its resilient lining I2, on the said edge. 20

Dot-and-dash lines I5 represent a bowl supported by the carrier ring I over the sink I aforesaid.

In cases where it is intended to use the carrier over a table or bench, then the bearing saddle will 25 terminate in flanges fitted with a resilient pad.

Means may be provided for retaining the carrier ring in raised position, for example a small stud or pin I'I may fixedly project from the ring I the full thickness of the T-head 2, and en- 30 gage in a slot I8 in said T-head, as shown in Figure 4, the length of the said slot I8 being such as to allow the ring I, when raised, to rest just a few degrees behind the vertical and with the pin ll bearing on the end of the slot I8 afore- 35 said.

Alternatively, the ring may be held in vertical position by forming the slot I8 with a short extension I 9 at right angles thereto, the pin IT then, as shown in Figure 5, engaging in said short extension IQ of the slot I8. To lower the ring I, said ring is moved sideways to bring the pin I'I into register with the slot I8, whereupon the ring can be swung down, pin I1 traversing the slot I8 aforesaid. 45

1. Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring, a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing the ring and a swivel 50 connection between the leg of the T-piece and a base plate by which the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, means for locating the T-piece from sliding movement around the ring, and a 55 bearing saddle disposed on the ring at a point opposite to the fulcrum.

2. Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring formed with two diametrically opposite cranked portions, a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing one of the cranked portions, and a swivel connection between the leg of the T-piece and a base plate by which the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, and a bearing saddle having a T-piece with a tubular head which rotatably embraces the other cranked portion of the ring.

3. Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring formed with two diametrically opposite cranked portions, a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing one of the cranked portions and a leg in the form of a screw threaded socket engaging a correspondingly threaded stem upstanding from a base plate so that the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, and a bearing saddle having a T-piece with a tubular head which rotatably embraces the other cranked portion of the ring.

Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing the ring and a swivel connection between the leg of the T-piece and a base plate by which the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, means for adjusting the distance between the head of the T-piece and the base plate, means for locating the T-piece from sliding movement around the ring, a bearing saddle disposed at a point opposite to the fulcrum, and a screw threaded connection between the saddle and the ring so that t e distance of the saddle from the ring can be adjusted.

5. Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring formed with two diametrically opposite cranked portions, a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing one cf the cranked portions and a leg in the form of a screw threaded socket engaging a ccrrespondingly threaded stem upstanding from a base plate so that the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, and a bearing saddle having a T-piece with a tubular head which rotatably embraces the other cranked portion of the ring, and a screw threaded connection between the saddle and the leg of the T-piece by which the distance between the ring and the saddle can be adjusted.

6. Bowl supporting means comprising in combination with a bowl carrier ring formed with two diametrically opposite cranked portions, a fulcrum for the ring consisting of a T-piece having a tubular head rotatably embracing one of the cranked portions and a leg in the form of a screw threaded socket engaging a correspondingly threaded stem upstanding from a base plate so that the head of the T-piece with the ring can be swung in a plane at right angles to the leg, and a bearing saddle consisting of an inverted U-shaped foot having a resilient arched member spanning the mouth of the U, a T-piece having a tubular head. which rotatably embraces the other cranked'portion of the ring and a leg which npstands from the foot and comprises a screw threaded socket and a threaded stem engaging therein to permit of adjustment of the distance between the head of the T-piece and the foot, and a nut engaging the stem for looking the socket and stem in adjusted position.

GEORGE FREDERICK SEAWARD. 

